Looking back on the memory of 

The dance we shared 'neath the stars above 

For a moment all the world was right 

How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye 



And now I'm glad I didn't know 

The way it all would end, the way it all would go 

Our lives are better left to chance 

I could have missed the pain 

But I'd have had to miss the dance 



Holding you, I held everything 

For a moment wasn't I a king 

But if I'd only known how the king would fall 

Hey who's to say? You know I might have changed it all 



And now I'm glad I didn't know 

The way it all would end the way it all would go 

Our lives are better left to chance 

I could have missed the pain 

But I'd have had to miss the dance 



It's my life, it's better left to chance 

I could have missed the pain 

But I'd have had to miss the dance